xii, 360 p., [8] p. of plates : 24 cm

Introduction : The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong : time to "come out"? -- Party supremacy and Hong Kong -- The Chinese Communist Party tools of co-optation and persuasion -- The earliest history of the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong : from 1920 to 1926 -- Purge, war and civil war : from 1927 to 1948 -- Hong Kong to the Chinese Communist Party : from 1949 to 1965 -- The Cultural Revolution and the riots of 1967 : from 1966 to 1976 -- The taking back of Hong Kong : from 1977 to 1984 -- Shaping post-colonial Hong Kong : from 1985 to 1989 -- Passage to reunification : from 1990 to 1997 -- Reunification and fashioning a new political order : from 1998 to 2009 -- Appendix I. Survey of public opinion about the Chinese Communist Party 2007 -- Appendix II. The VIPs invited to witness the signing of the Sino-British joint declaration -- Appendix III. Members of the basic law drafting committee and basic law consultative committee -- Appendix IV. Status markers in key political institutions relating to Hong Kong -- Appendix V. Olympic torch bearers 2008

Includes bibliographical references and index

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